BAKU, March 17 (Reuters) - Azeri oil exports rose 3.7percent in January-February year-on-year, a source at the StateCustoms Committee said on Tuesday, driven by increasing oiloutput at fields operated by BP.
The source, who declined to be identified as he was notauthorised to talk to the media, said Azerbaijan exported 5.5million tonnes of oil in the first two months of this year, upfrom 5.3 million in the same period in 2014.
He said rising oil output at the main Azeri, Chirag andGuneshli (ACG) oilfields operated by BP had been the reason forthe overall increase.
Crude oil and condensate production in Azerbaijan rose to6.952 million tonnes in January-February this year from 6.897million tonnes in the same period last year, the StateStatistics Committee said last week.
Exports of oil via Russia through the Baku-Novorossiiskpipeline amounted to 254,127 tonnes in January-February 2015, upfrom 209,452 tonnes a year earlier.
Exports through the Baku-Supsa pipeline via Georgia rose to715,290 tonnes from 713,803 tonnes, while exports throughBaku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan via Georgia and Turkey were at 4.3 milliontonnes, up from 4.2 million tonnes.
Oil exports shipped by rail via Georgia rose to 194,285tonnes from 156,628.
Azerbaijan's oil exports dropped 3.5 percent to 33.04million tonnes in 2014 from 34.25 million in 2013. (Reporting by Nailia Bagirova; Writing by Margarita Antidze;Editing by Dale Hudson)